Fence-link



odel I. N. ELLIOTT, J. W. COLLINS 81; P. A. REID."

FENUE LINK.

Patented June 17,1890.

FIGS.

WITNESSES.

UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICE.

ISAAC N. ELLIOTT, JOHN IVM. COLLINS, AND PETTIS A. REID, OF RICHMOND,

INDIANA.

FENCE-LINK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 430,177, dated June 17, 1890.

I Application filed June 2'7, 1889. fierial No. 315,825. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, ISAAC N. ELLIOTT, JOHN WM. OoLLINs, and PETTIS A. REID, citizens of the United States of America, residing at Richmond, in the county of Wayne and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fence-Links, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying 1o drawings.

Our invention is a new article of manufacture, which we have named a Fence-Link, its use being to connect sections of what is usually known as combination wire and slat I fencing at the cables of the same quickly, cheaply, and effectually, and as an article of manufacture is wholly distinct from that of fencing, as much so as that of nails and staples. Heretofore the connection of twosections of this style of fencing has been accomplished by various methods, always using the contiguous extremities of the sections as the connecting materialsuch as removing a slat from each extremity of the sections to be 2 5 joined, discarding one slat, and after arranging the cables properly inserting the remain- .ing slat in the spaces formerly occupied by the two; also, by the cables being tied to gether in various styles and by nailing the fencing to the post nearest the end, cutting away the overplus, and then nailing the end of the next roll of fencing to the same post, and so on, all of which we have found to be either tedious or wasteful.

3 5 In the drawings, Figure 1 gives a ground plan of a section of fencing, showing the points of cutting a section of fencing and the relative position of the parts. Fig. 2 is aperspective view showing the method of connecting two sections of fencing, with the link in position. Fig. 3 represents a completed connection.

The link F is of a tenacious metal, having a longitudinal shaft 9, terminating in hooks 4 5 f f, the said hooks preferably, though not neces-v sarily, turned toward each other, resting at an angle of ninety degrees (90) or less to the plane of the shaft g.

As the combination wire and slat fencing is so well known, it is scarcely necessary to enter into the details of its construction further than to state that it is composed of Vertigal slats, either metal or wood, bound at intervals by horizontal wires in pairs, usually termed cables, the said cables embracing the slats and more or less twisted between the slats. In manufacturing this fencing to transport, it is the general custom to make it into rolls, and then when it is to be attached to posts for service these rolls must be connected. The practice in dividing this style of fencing or in discharging the completed rolls from the machines is usually to cut the Wires embracing the slats at either of the points a a a and b 1) I), Fig. 1, thus removing the slat E, which in a factory may be reused in other fencing, occasioning no waste of slats. It will be observed that if the wires be out at a b there will be left to each of the adjacent sections a long and short part a b and 12 a It will also be seen in Fig. 1 that in front and rear, respectively, of the slats C D at each cable or pair of wires are spaces A B, formed by the wires a b, twisted wires ha, and slat O, and the wires Ct b,

twisted wires ab and slat D, respectively,

which we make use of for the insertion of the hooks f f of the link F, thus joining the two sections of fencing together, as shown in Fig.

2. It will be observed that we depend upon '80 the resistance of the twisted wires or cables ha and ab for the efficacy of the link F; butv as a precautionary means we turn back the short arms a b, forming hooks, Fig. 2, and also wrap the adjacent twists ab btt and link F with extensions a b to the extent of their length, Fig. 3. By so doing we also prevent the link F being easily or accidentally disengaged.

In using very heavy Wires a b With numer- 9o ous twists at ah ha it is unnecessary to use the extensions a 19 so they may be cut away, leaving all the parts as are ca h in either Fig.

1 or 2, which renders the sections easily sepa rated for portable purposes and reunited. 5

Having thus described our invention, we

claim 1. The combination, with the horizontal cables of fencing, of a metallic link composed of a horizontal body terminating in hooks, 10o

embracing or partially embracing the co1n bined link F and twisted cables ha and ab, as shown, and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof we afiix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

ISAAC N. ELLIOTT. JOHN WM. COLLINS. PETTIS A. REID.

Witnesses:

W. K. BRADBURY, O. E. BRADBURY. 

